Elizabeth Wullunmingu
Biography
Elizabeth Kodjdjan Wullunmingu is an Anbara Burrara woman who grew up on her mother country at the mouth of the Blyth River, east of Maningrida in Arnhem Land.
Elizabeth started working as a sewer for Babbarra Women’s Centre in 2010 and created her first screen print design the same year.
Rrugurrgurda (mud crab) tells the story of Elizabeth’s homeland, a peaceful place with plenty of mud crabs and shellfish to eat. Rrugurrgurda and Dakkara are good baladji (bush food) and can be eaten all year round.
Elizabeth artistic talent comes from her mother Doris Gingingara who was an artist for the iconic Desert Designs label in the 1980’s.
Elizabeth designed and sewed outfits for the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Her screen print design Rrugurrgurda (Mud Crab) was part of the successful KipandCo x Babbarra homewares collection in 2020.
Fabrics for sale
Jin-merduwa (mermaid)
Jin-merduwa (mermaid)
Rrugurrgurda (Mud Crab)
Au-gujechiya (fishtrap) Screen Print
Barnkabarra (Mud Crabs)
Barnkabarra (Mud Crabs)
Au-gujechiya (fishtrap) Screen Print
Au-gujechiya (fishtrap) Screen Print
Barnkabarra (Mud Crabs)
Au-gujechiya (fishtrap)
Au-gujechiya (fishtrap) Screen Print
Au-gujechiya (fishtrap) Screen Print
Rrugurrgurda (Mud Crab)
Rrugurrgurda (Mud Crabs)
Artist's designs
Past Exhibitions
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CDU Gallery
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Laundry Gallery
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Bangalore International Centre
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Outstaion Gallery
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Gorrong Gorrong Homeland
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Gallery 5
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World Expo Dubai
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Museo Nacional de Antropología, Madrid (ES)
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Embassy of Australia, Paris
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